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Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon , how to say: /ˈpoʊkeɪmɒn, ˈpɒkimɒn/; often spelled wrongly as "Pokemon") is a media franchise that is owned by Nintendo. The franchise is based on the concept of catching, collecting, raising, trading, and battling with hundreds of different creatures. This concept was thought of by Satoshi Tajiri, Pokémon's creator. It is represented in many types of media, most famously video games, a still-running anime series, manga, and a trading card game. Although there are 719 different types of Pokémon, the most famous is Pikachu. Other popular ones are Gyarados, Charizard, Mew, Meowth, Yveltal, and Lucario.
The video games have sold more copies than every other series except Nintendo's Mario series.[1]
Video games
A number of Pokémon games have been released, all on Nintendo systems, as The Pokémon Company is owned by Nintendo.
Most of the Pokémon games are based on catching, training and battling Pokémon, and the player is a Pokémon trainer who does all these things. There are a number of aspects to the games.
In the Pokémon games, Pokémon are creatures that trainers catch (using Poké Balls), train, battle, collect, and trade with each other. As of the sixth generation, there are 721 of them. Pokémon Go, was introduced in 2016.
The gameplay of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games involves the capture and training of many of fictional creatures called "Pokémon" and using them to battle other trainers. Each generation of games builds upon this idea by introducing new Pokémon, items, and gameplay concepts. Some of the general ideas were featured elsewhere before being introduced in the games; double battles appeared in the anime long before appearing in the games, and Pokémon abilities are a lot like to the Pokémon Powers first seen in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Not long after Pokémon Red and Blue (the first Pokémon video games) were released, a Pokémon anime was created. It was first shown in Japan in late 1997, and in the United States in late 1998. The anime started what has been called "Pokémania", which meant that after the anime came out, it became very popular among children, and many parents assumed it was a fad and no one would care about it in a couple years. However, it was never cancelled, and it is still running, although it is not as popular as in 1998 and 1999.
The anime shows the adventures of Ash Ketchum, a ten-year-old Pokémon trainer who has many adventures, meeting many new people and Pokémon. His most famous Pokémon, and probably the most famous Pokémon, is Pikachu.
A number of Pokémon films have also been made that relate to the anime. The first one was Pokémon: The First Movie (released in 1998 in Japan and 1999 in United States). They are more movies still being made. There have now been sixteen films released.
Trading card game
A Pokémon trading card game also exists. Players use Pokémon cards to battle each other. There are also live tournaments hosted by Nintendo. Pokémon's damage is counted by "damage counters" or objects which are placed on the cards to keep track of damage. After you add up all of the numbers on the damage counters, you subtract it from the card's HP (health points) to find out how much HP is left. Only 60 cards are used in a player's deck, and six of these are set aside in a pile called "prize cards." After one player knocks out an opponent's card, the defeater takes just one face-down prize card for non-EX Pokémon. Meanwhile, when someone makes an EX Pokémon faint, he or she gets two prize cards. There is one discard pile for each player, where fainted Pokémon go. Some ways to win are taking all of your prize cards, and/or making your opponent draw all of his or her cards.
There are cards designed as various Pokémon, which usually need "Energy" cards to use attacks. There are also "Trainer" cards, which are used for additional things other than direct Pokémon attacks, like giving Pokemon more HP. Most fans of the series agree that a good deck is made of about twenty "Pokémon" cards, twenty "Energy" cards, and twenty "Trainer" cards.
Players can evolve their Benched or Active Pokémon. The Bench is a spot that can hold Pokémon, and these Pokémon can be evolved with its evolution card. Active Pokémon can evolve too, but can also use attacks. To evolve a Pokémon, you can just put its evolution card on top of it.
All Pokémon cards have types. The type affects how effective an attack is. For example, a certain Lightning-type Pikachu card can use an attack that normally deals 80 damage. If the Pikachu uses it against a Pokémon with a Weakness of +20 to Lighting, you add 20 more damage to the normal damage to make it 100. Types can also make things less effective.
There is also a special kind of Pokémon in the trading card game called "EX" Pokémon. EX Pokémon are stronger than regular ones, but when they are knocked out, the player's opponent draws two of their prize cards (with regular Pokémon it is just one.) Also, there is another special type of Pokémon in the trading card game called "Delta Species" Pokémon, which have types that are different than typical cards, like an Electric-type Charmander, who is usually Fire-type. In the "Diamond & Pearl" trading card game expansion, "LV.X" cards were introduced. These are a little like evolution cards, but they can only be used on Active Pokémon. In the "HeartGold & SoulSilver" expansion, The Pokémon Company released new cards, called LEGEND cards. LEGEND cards are two cards sold separately that when put together make one picture. They can be used only when the two cards they're made of are put together; they can't work separately.
The Pokémon media franchise, especially the anime, has been often criticized by organizations such as PETA.
Dennō Senshi Porygon
An episode of the anime called "Dennō Senshi Porygon" ("Electric Soldier Porygon" in the United States) was first shown in Japan on December 16, 1997. One part of the episode showed quickly flashing red and blue lights. This caused 685 Japanese children to have epileptic seizures.[2] Because of this, the anime went on a four-month break, and several laws were put in place regarding the flashing lights.
Porygon, one of the main characters in the episode, has not appeared again in the anime ever since "Dennō Senshi Porygon". It has two evolved forms, Porygon2 and Porygon-Z, and neither of them have appeared in the anime at all.
An episode of The Simpsons called "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" made fun of "Dennō Senshi Porygon". So did an episode of South Park called "Chinpokomon".
Jynx, a species of Pokémon, was criticized because it looked like it was using blackface (an old film-making technique that makes white actors look African-American).[3] It was also criticized because it looked like a drag queen (a man who dresses as a woman). This was not an issue in Japan, but it caused a lot of argument in the United States because of the United States' history of racism. Ever since then, Jynx has purple skin instead of black skin, and anime episodes featuring it were banned due to argument. African American people made a huge deal over this.
- ↑ Boyes, Emma (January 10, 2007). "UK paper names top game franchises". GameSpot. GameSpot UK. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164012.html. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ↑ Radford, Benjamin. "The Pokémon Panic of 1997". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original on January 25, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020125093204/http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-05/pokemon.html. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ↑ Buffa, Chris. Top 10 Weirdest Looking Pokemon. GameDaily.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2009.


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"Glam Tunics" kaftan Top in Tribal Aztec pattern
Note From Designer: I love tunics. Especially their versatility and ability to match any occasion is befitting of every style conscious woman's wardrobe. Now be it going to the market or be it office settings, they make you look glamorous and stylish in every situation. This one here is my rendition on the simple tunic. Not only do I enjoy designing the kaftan tunic tops but also enjoy choosing the fabric as much; for this style I chose Tribal Aztec fabric in Purple to enhance the versatility of the tunic.
Style: Simple V-neckline tunic with contrasting solid colored borders at the neckline.
Material: 100% mulmul cotton (fine quality and extremely soft, gets softer with every wash)
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The NFL Players Association just came out against Indiana's proposed right-to-work law.
This is not too surprising: Even the poorest NFL player makes $390,000 a year. The average NFL player makes $1.9 million. NFL players make enough to barely notice union dues. They also have jobs. Right-to-work makes little difference to them.
The same is not true for most workers in Indiana. Union dues cost the typical worker hundreds of dollars a year. For many families, that is not pocket change. Almost 300,000 unemployed Hoosiers cannot find work. A policy that creates jobs and saves money matters to them.
Right-to-work does that. Right-to-work protects workers from being fired for not paying union dues. If workers want to join a union, they can—but they do not have to.
Of course, letting workers decide costs unions money. Some workers will choose not to join. If Indiana becomes right-to-work, unions will lose an estimated $18 million a year. Unsurprisingly, the union movement strongly opposes this idea.
For everyone else, it is a winner. Many union members earn no more than they would without a union. Why should the government force them to pay for ineffective representation? Right-to-work also makes union organizers less aggressive. That attracts business investment—and jobs. Counties in right-to-work states have one-third more manufacturing jobs than nearby counties in non-right-to-work states.
NFL players certainly appreciate the value of choice—they (temporarily) decertified their union last year. The Players Association should focus on the playoffs instead of on restricting workers' freedom to choose.


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Opened in the spring of 1997, Eagle Crest Golf Course quickly established itself as one of the premier golf courses in Arkansas. Designed by 1977 Tour Players Championship winner Mark Hays, Eagle Crest will test the novice to the professional. As a member of the Natural State Golf Trail. as well as a qualifying site for the Fort Smith Classic of the Nationwide Tour, you know Eagle Crest will meet even the most demanding golfer's requirements. If that's not enough, in July of 2008, Eagle Crest received a 4 star rating from Golf Digest "Best Places to Play", making it one of the top 5 public courses in the state.
Eagle Crest Golf Course is part of Eagle Crest Golf Community, an exclusive real estate development at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Just minutes away from downtown Fort Smith, or a forty minute drive through the mountains to Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas, it is located conveniently close to great shopping, great restaurants, and of course, great golf.


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Edward Boyd
Ed teaches Educational Psychology and Contemporary Issues in Education on the undergraduate level and Philosophy of Education and Human Sexuality at the graduate level. He also supervises graduate-level Independent Research Projects. Ed is Education Minor Advisor and Admissions Liaison. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.S. 1972 and M.Ed. 1977). He taught psychology at Mater Dei College for many years where he received awards for his teaching. His first career was in the public justice field where among other duties he was a supervisor of family counseling services. Ed has done additional graduate work in the psychology of violence and in thanatology among other areas of study.
Ed is an avid wild-berry picker, a trout fisherman, and an aficionado of Adirondack North Country history and lore. He believes that change in education is always one or both of two things, absolutely essential or absolutely inevitable. He wants St. Lawrence graduate teachers, counselors, and educational leaders to be in the forefront of that change-making.
"It is an absolute joy to teach future teachers, counselors, and administrators. Their influence is far-reaching; it's very rewarding to be a part of that influence. If any of you potential SLU students out there would like to talk about a career in education, please contact me."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Tuesday it may allow corporations to mount religious objections to government action, possibly paving the way for companies to avoid covering employees' birth control as required under Obamacare.
During a 90-minute oral argument, 30 minutes more than usual, a majority of the nine justices appeared ready to rule that certain for-profit entities have the same religious rights to object as individuals do. A ruling along those lines would likely only apply to closely held companies.
As in most close cases of late, Justice Anthony Kennedy will likely be the deciding vote. Based on his questions, it was unclear whether the court would ultimately rule that the companies had a right to an exemption from the contraception provision of President Barack Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
The dozens of companies involved in the litigation do not all oppose every type of birth control. Some object only to emergency contraceptive methods, such as the so-called morning-after pill, which they view as akin to abortion.
The case marks the second time Obamacare has featured prominently before the Supreme Court. In 2012, the court upheld by a 5-4 vote the constitutionality of the act's core feature requiring people to get health insurance.
Although the case has no bearing on the overall healthcare law, it features its own volatile mix of religious rights and reproductive rights. A capacity crowd filled the marble courtroom, while outside hundreds of demonstrators, most of them women, protested loudly in an early spring snowstorm.
The challengers are arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby Stores Inc, run by evangelical Christians, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, which is run by a Mennonite family. They sued under a 1993 law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
"We believe that Americans don't lose their religious freedoms when they open a family business," Barbara Green, one of Hobby Lobby's owners, told reporters after the hearing. "We were encouraged by today's arguments."
Liberal-leaning justices and the government said that allowing companies to make claims could lead to a swathe of challenges to government regulations, from Social Security to health coverage for immunizations.
"If your argument were adopted ... then you would see religious objectors come out of the woodwork with respect to all of these laws," Justice Elena Kagan told lawyer Paul Clement, who argued before the court on behalf of the companies.
The conservative members of the court did not seem convinced. Chief Justice John Roberts said the ruling could be limited to closely held companies. That outcome would "avoid all the problems" raised by the government concerning how to determine if a company has a valid claim, such as a situation in which some shareholders have religious objections but not others, Roberts said.
His conservative colleagues, including Samuel Alito and Kennedy, seemed to share that view.
"If you say they can't even get their day in court, you are saying something pretty, pretty strong," Alito told Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, the Obama administration's lawyer.
Kennedy hinted at his views in another exchange with Verrilli over whether in a hypothetical situation a for-profit corporation, such as a medical provider, would not be able to object if the government required it to carry out abortions.
Verrilli told the justices that the court would be "skating on thin constitutional ice" if the companies won an exemption because of the impact it would have on women employees. That view appeared to be shared by Kagan, one of three women on the court. When an employer refuses to provide the coverage, a female employee is "quite directly, quite tangibly harmed," Kagan said.
On the question of whether the companies can ultimately win their claim on the birth control provision, Kennedy hinted at some sympathy for the government. He wondered whether the objecting companies might have alternative means to avoid providing the coverage. Rather than face fines for not providing the contraception coverage, might they instead be able to pay employees more to buy their own health insurance, thereby circumventing their religious objections?
"How is the employer hurt? He can just raise the wages," Kennedy asked Clement.
Kennedy was seizing on similar comments made by liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Kagan. Kagan noted that if a company were to drop its health insurance, it would face a $2,000 per employee tax under Obamacare, which would cost roughly the same as providing health insurance.
The 2012 case overshadowed the proceedings on several occasions during the argument, with Kennedy, one of the justices in the minority who voted to strike down the law, joking to Verrilli, who won the earlier case, that perhaps the court should take another look at the entire healthcare law.
"Well, I think it has been examined, your honor," Verrilli said to laughter in the courtroom.
A short distance from the Supreme Court, Obamacare faced a separate legal challenge, which, if it succeeds, would further undermine the 2010 law considered to be the President's signature domestic policy achievement.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit appeared divided as it heard arguments from businesses in states with federally run health insurance exchanges who said the government was overstepping the authority of the law in providing subsidies on the exchange.
The cases are Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 13-354, 13-356.
Additional reporting by Joan Biskupic, Julia Edwards, David Ingram and Ian Simpson; Editing by Howard Goller and Grant McCool
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Rodale's LaSalle urges expansion of organic farming to mitigate impacts of warming
Could organic farming help to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States? During today's OnPoint, Timothy LaSalle, CEO of the Rodale Institute, discusses research conducted by Rodale that shows significant declines in greenhouse gas emissions when organic farming practices are used. LaSalle responds to critics who say organic farming is unsustainable and produces smaller crop yields. He discusses the impact rising food prices may have on the future of the organic farming industry and explains what, he believes, needs to be done legislatively to help promote organic farming.


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Before we get to the tutorial though, I wanted to mention that I am visiting over at Simply Klassic Home today for Kristin's Attitude of Gratitude Series.
I am sharing my thoughts on taking time to enjoy those little things in life that can so easily be forgotten. Pop on over and let me know what you think!
Now onto the tutorial!!
- 3 strips of 6 x12 inch paper for the pleated tail.
- orange patterned paper for the beak and feet
- brown cardstock for the body and head
- patterned scrapbook paper for the wings
- red cardstock for the waddle
- two buttons for the eyes
- paper piecing template {you can download mine here or free hand your own parts}
- glue or double sided tape
- 2 clothes pegs
- Accordion fold the paper strips {approximately 1/2 inch folds}. Using double sided tape or glue, attach all three pieces together and fan into a half circle. I used a combination of glue {in the folds} and double sided tape {along the bottom} to hold everything together.
- Cut out the body parts {you can download the paper piecing template here} Glue all the parts together except for the feet. Add the buttons for the eyes.
- For the feet, fold the feet over just above the toes so the feet will be flat on the ground for standing. Glue the leg part of the foot to a clothes peg. The bottom of the fold should be flush with the bottom of the clothes peg. I used the clothes pegs to help my turkey stand up better {although he was still quite wobbly}. In hindsight, you could flip the clothes pegs around so that you could clip your turkey onto something.
- Glue the front of the clothes peg onto the turkey body and glue the fan onto the back of the clothes peg. Now you have your own Mr. Tom!
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This Week
The San Jose Earthquakes are off this week following their season opening loss at the hands of defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake. The Earthquakes next match is April 10 at Toyota Park at 5:30 p.m. PT against the Chicago Fire.
Injury Report
Questionable: Brad Ring (L - hamstring strain); Eduardo (L – hip strain).
Last Game
Earthquakes 0, Real Salt Lake 3; March 27, 2010; Buck Shaw Stadium; Santa Clara, Calif.
The Earthquakes opened their season with a 3-0 loss at the hands of defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake on Saturday in front of a crowd of 10,589—the largest ever to watch the Quakes at Buck Shaw Stadium. Javier Morales tallied twice and Fabian Espindola accounted for the third. Morales scored in the 14th and 57th minutes while Espindola's goal came in the 27th minute.
Misc. Notes
Quakes in the Community
What: Get Earthquakes Fit
Who: Steven Beitashour
Location: Cherry Chase Elementary School in Sunnyvale
Date: Thursday, April 1st
Time: 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Details: Beitashour will speak to the students about the importance of healthy lifestyles and nutrition, introducing them to the Earthquakes Fit program.
Three Quakes Debut
Rookie and third overall pick Ike Opara started and played the full 90 minutes in his first game with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday against Real Salt Lake. Other newcomers, midfielders Javier Robles and Joey Gjertsen played one half each, respectively. Robles, the new signing from Argentina started and played the first 45, while Gjertsen, the former USL MVP came on as a substitute at the beginning of the second half.
Record Attendance
A record 10,589 fans were on hand for the Earthquakes home opener on Saturday, which is the largest crowd to ever watch an Earthquakes game at Buck Shaw Stadium.
San Jose in March
The Quakes are 4-8-0 all-time in March in MLS play.
San Jose in April
The Quakes are 19-22-11 all-time in April in MLS play.
Cannon Among All-Time Leaders
Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon is among the all-time league leaders in a number of goalkeeping categories. He is second in goalkeeper appearances (275), starts (274) and minutes played (24,765). He is now third all-time in saves (1,125), third all-time in shutouts (68) and tied for fourth all-time in wins (98) in league history. For San Jose, Cannon is first in club history as a goalkeeper in starts (160), minutes played (14,571), saves (657), wins (60) and shutouts (38) and second in goals against average (1.35), and saves percentage (73.2). He also holds the team's all-time record for saves in a game with 12 on July 8, 2000 at Colorado.
Corrales Among All-Time Leaders
Ramiro Corrales has the most appearances in franchise history with 168, has made 152 starts and 13,512 minutes played as a member of the Quakes. He is now third place in franchise history in starts and is third in all-time in club history for minutes played.
Quakes Re-launch SJearthquakes.com
The San Jose Earthquakes re-launched their official team website www.sjearthquakes.com last week. Make sure to check out the new internet home of the Quakes, where you can follow everything going on with the club.
Philadelphia match on Sept. 18 Moved to Sept. 15
The San Jose Earthquakes announced last week that their game that was scheduled for Saturday, September 18 has been moved to Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m. PT at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
Quakes Individual Tickets
The Quakes significantly reduced prices for the 2010 season with prices ranging from $20-50. Tickets for the much anticipated 2010 campaign are available online at sjearthquakes.com or by calling 1-800-225-2277. The new, reduced prices for the 2010 season are as follows; Premier Midfield $50 per game ($60 in 2009), Center Circle $35 per game ($40 in 2009), Sideline $25 per game ($35 in 2009) and Goal View $20 per game ($22 in 2009).
Earthquakes Announce 2010 Partial Plans
The San Jose Earthquakes still have one Partial Plan available. Benefits for those who purchase one of these partial plans include; discounted tickets to additional games on the 2010 schedule, discounted merchandise and priority to purchase tickets to international games and Earthquakes playoff games. With the Pick 6 Plan you can select any six Earthquakes home games at Buck Shaw Stadium during the 2010 regular season. Prices are as follows: Corona Cove - $330, Center Circle - $192, Sideline - $132, Goal View - $108, Supporters Section - $90. To purchase either of these partial plans or full season tickets, call the front at 408-556-7700 and ask to speak to a ticket sales representative. Guarantee the best available seats by ordering now, before individual tickets go on sale to the general public.
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Cuadernos de historia de España
Print version ISSN 0325-1195On-line version ISSN 1850-2717
ALIA MIRANDA, Francisco. La Nueva Historia. Fuentes y documentación digitalizadas para la Historia de España en Internet. Cuad. hist. Esp. [online]. 2009, vol.83, pp.275-284. ISSN 0325-1195.
This paper shows a brief information and analysis of the currently main digitalization projects about sources and documentation concerning the history of Spain. They are being done by archives and digital libraries which have been spreading in the last years, and the Ministry of Culture, which is promoting and leading several of the most ambitious projects undertaken in Spain. These projects provide funds of the main archives and libraries of the country due to cooperation agreements with regional governments, foundations and cultural institutions. The amount of digitalized material of all types (books, archival documents, newspapers, photographs, engravings, maps, legislation, etc.) is increasing in quantity and quality; and this is undoubtedly developing the methodology of historical research by offering the classical sources in a more convenient and flexible form for investigation, and other new sources that appeared thanks to the possibilities of Internet.
Keywords : History of Spain; Sources; Documentation; Digitalization; Internet.


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The software converts digital photos into amazing pencil sketches and watercolor, charcoal, and pastel drawings. It's a wonderful tool for those who have always wanted to draw but didn't know how. Version 14 introduces the new Timeline feature which creates stepwise shots during image processing.
AKVIS Sketch is an award-winning program for conversion of photos into pencil sketches, charcoal and watercolor paintings. The program has already won the recognition of professionals and delighted home users with its neat results.
With this software you do not need to handle a pencil to feel like an artist. All you need to create your original work of art is good taste and AKVIS Sketch.
The program competes with hand drawn art in flexibility and will spur your creative thought
It lets you choose between two styles of photo to sketch conversion Classic and Artistic, and offers a number of ready-to-use presets which help you create various pencil drawings.
Many photo editing enthusiasts have already appreciated the Sketch' s features. Take a look at the Sketch Gallery.
Surprise your friends and relatives by presenting them with their pencil portraits. Make a watercolor drawing out of a photo from your last nature shooting to decorate your room. Convert your own photo into a color sketch to print on a T-shirt.
Once you have converted your photo into a drawing, you can add some special background and canvas effects.
You can even make your own comic strip or cartoons from your videos using the Batch Processing feature of Sketch.
The program works in an entertaining way. You can observe the conversion of a photo into a drawing in real time and interrupt the process when the required result is achieved.
Version 14 introduces the new Timeline feature which creates the stepwise shots during image processing from start to finish. You can choose any or all of them and save as a result.
Note that this feature is available only for the advanced types of the licenses Deluxe, Business. For all licenses, the program keeps the possibility to interrupt image processing by clicking on the Stop button on the progress bar.
Also the new version fixes some errors and adds the compatibility with Mac OS X 10.8.
AKVIS Sketch is available as a standalone application, as well as a plugin to a photo editor. The plugin version of AKVIS Sketch is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Corel Painter, Photo-Paint, and PaintShop Pro.
The software runs on Windows XP/Vista/Win 7 and on Mac OS X 10.4-10.8.
For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use. Details are available at http//akvis.com.
Users of versions 9 through 13 of Sketch can upgrade to the new version for free.Those who have an older version v.1-8 will need to pay for an upgrade to the current version.
AKVIS Sketch Home License Plugin or Standalone sells for $72 USD or 55 EUR, downloadable from http//akvis.com.
The software is offered in the AKVIS Alchemy Bundle all 17 AKVIS programs with the discount of 60%, a huge savings over purchasing each separately. Also, Sketch is available as a part of the AKVIS Artistic Bundle Sketch, ArtWork, and ArtSuite, which goes with the discount of 30%. Visit the official website to see prices for alternate versions of the bundles.
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Out-of-School Factors Influence Student Achievement
In a new report David Berliner, Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University, argues that out-of-school factors related to poverty are the major cause of achievement gaps experienced by students in low-income communities.
Berliner writes, "Because America's schools are so highly segregated by income, race, and ethnicity, problems related to poverty occur simultaneously, with greater frequency, and act cumulatively in schools serving disadvantaged communities."
"Efforts to improve educational outcomes in these schools, attempting to drive change through test-based accountability, are thus unlikely to succeed unless accompanied by policies to address the out-of-school factors that negatively affect large numbers of our nations' students."
Berliner concludes that "the gaps might shrink more readily if we spend our nation's precious resources on such strategies as trying to:"
1. Reduce the rate of low birth weight children among African Americans
2. Reduce drug and alcohol abuse
3. Reduce pollutants in U.S. cites and move people away from toxic sites
4. Provide universal and free medical care for all citizens
5. Insure that no one suffers from food insecurity
6. Reduce the rates of family violence in low-income households
7. Improve mental health services among the poor
8. More equitably distribute low-income housing throughout communities
9. Reduce both the mobility and absenteeism rates of children
10. Provide high-quality preschools for all children
11. Provide summer programs for students from low-income homes to reduce summer losses in their academic achievement.
The report, Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success, was released by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice.


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Since the final whistle in Rustenburg, much of the talk has been about what the US' 1-1 draw with England means. Was this the watershed moment US soccer has been waiting for to take it to the next level in the American sports consciousness?
This type of big-picture hand-wringing is so very us, isn't it? We US soccer fans always seem to need to find meaning or watersheds or transcendence in these types of moments. We journalists like to try to frame moments as momentous.
But here's the linguistically loopy truth: The momentousness of this moment is its total lack of momentousness.
The US drew with England, so what?
That's the attitude many fans have taken. For someone who has been intimately involved with this game in the US for the past 30 years, I find this an amazing sign of progress and development.
Sure, in 1993, the US beat England, but that was in the US Cup, which meant very little (except maybe to England manager Graham Taylor, who was out of a job a few months later). But to draw with these Three Lions, now coached by the master Fabio Capello and favorites to contend for the actual World Cup trophy, is a remarkable feat.
Except that it's not. The US were outshot and outpossessed during the match. But they were not outplayed. Looking at the stats, England outshot the US only 18 to 13 and outpossessed them only 54% to 46%.
And be honest: After the US went down a goal in the 4th minute, didn't you get that familiar niggle in your belly that this was about to become another Czech Republic-like fiasco?
But it didn't. The US held their composure. They started to move the ball. They bent a few times but didn't break. Tim Howard was heroic in goal. Ricardo Clark and Michael Bradley were equally heroic in wrenching the Steven Gerrard-Frank Lampard spine of England's formation.
And by the 15th minute, the notion of a demoralizing soccer-in-America-destroying blowout was gone. This was going to be a real match. England knew it. The US knew it. And most important US fans knew.
By the time Robert Green bundled Clint Dempsey's shot into the England net, who didn't think the equalizing goal was inevitable? I certainly did.
After the match, US coach Bob Bradley said, "I think at halftime the feeling was we still had a really good chance to win."
He could've been talking about England or Honduras or Vanuatu. It didn't matter. For the US, getting a result against anyone, even soccer's powerhouses, is no longer an event. It's no longer a moment. And that is as momentous as it gets.
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The handsome black-and-white ruffed lemur is, along with the red ruffed lemur, the largest member of the Lemuridae family (2). Its long and luxuriant fur is a patchwork of pure white and pitch black, with the overall pattern of this distinct coat varying throughout the species' range. Generally, in the northern parts of its range, the pelage is mostly black, while white dominates in those individuals in the south (2). The face and top of the head are typically black, which contrasts with the large, vivid yellow eyes and the striking white ruff that frames the face and gives this species its name (2). Its hands, feet and long, bushy tail are also typically black (2) (4) (5). In groups, the black-and-white ruffed lemur produces a chorus of deep, barking, alarm calls that can be heard from great distances on a still night (5) (6), and it calls with a wailing howl when defending its territory (5).
The black-and-white ruffed lemur is active mainly in the early morning and late afternoon (7). It travels through its forest habitat by walking or running on larger branches and leaping from tree to tree (4), and is capable of leaping significant distances with great accuracy (6). It enjoys a rich diet of fruit, seeds, leaves and nectar, obtaining the nectar by using its long snout and tongue to reach deep inside the flowers (7). Through its taste for nectar, the black-and-white ruffed lemur has developed a fascinating relationship with the traveller's tree (Ravenala madagascariensis), a tall palm-like tree topped with a single vertical fan of large leaves. Using its strength and dexterity, this lemur pulls open tough bracts which hide numerous pale, yellow flowers within. As it drinks the nectar, the plant's pollen sticks to the lemur's fur, and will be carried with the lemur when it goes to feed at the next tree. As a result, the black-and-white ruffed lemur acts as pollinator for the traveller's tree, and is in fact thought to be the largest pollinator in the world (8).
This lemur reproduces seasonally with mating occurring between May and July, and offspring being born in September and October (7). It commonly gives birth to twins, sometimes even triplets (5). Unlike other lemurs, the black-and-white ruffed lemur gives birth in nests made from twigs and leaves, which are well-hidden in trees, 10 to 20 metres above the ground (2). Here the young will remain whilst the mother goes off to forage (5). At just four months of age, the young are independent and are just as active as adults. However, infant black-and–white ruffed lemurs are lucky to reach this age; many die from accidental falls and related injuries, and only around 35 percent of offspring live past three months (2).
The black-and-white ruffed lemur inhabits eastern Madagascar, where it can be found between sea level and 1,350 metres (1). Three subspecies are recognised, each occupying a different range: Varecia variegata subcincta is the most northerly subspecies, occurring from the Antainambalana River south to the Anova River. It has also been introduced to the island of Nosy Mangabe (1). Varecia variegata variegata occurs south of the Anove River, to about Betampona and Zahamena National Park, a range that is thought to overlap with Varecia variegata editorum, the southernmost subspecies, which is known from Mantadia southwards to Manombo Special Reserve (1).
This species inhabits primary and secondary lowland and mid-altitude rainforest in Madagascar (2).
Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). Three subspecies are recognised, the southern ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata editorum), the white-belted ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata subcincta) and the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata variegata), all of which are classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).
As with other lemur species, the black-and-white ruffed lemur is threatened by habitat loss through logging, agriculture, mining and other development in Madagascar (1) (7). When human activities encroach upon rainforest habitat, this species is one of the first lemurs to disappear (1). Hunting also threatens this rare primate; unfortunately its large size and daylight activity pattern makes it an attractive target, and it is among the most heavily hunted of all Madagascar's lemurs (1).
The black-and-white ruffed lemur occurs in a number of protected areas, such as Mananara-Nord National Park, Zahamena National Park and Mantadia National Park. Although sadly, this Critically Endangered species has also vanished from other areas, such as Analamazaotra Special Reserve and Andringitra National Park, and other forests urgently require protection if this species is to survive (1). The black-and-white lemur has been the subject of captive breeding efforts, with a number being reintroduced to Madagascar's Betampona Reserve between 1997 and 2001 (1) (9). Unfortunately, this has had limited success, as animals that have not grown up in the wild typically have great difficulty adapting (9). Reintroduction is a long and costly process (9), and is rendered worthless if there is no safe, natural habitat in which they can be released into. Thus, hopefully efforts to protect Madagascar's habitats, by numerous conservation organisations, will be successful.
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This is a good time for Canadians to gamble on real estate in Las Vegas, say realtors on both sides of the border.
Housing prices in the city are down almost 60 per cent compared to their high point in August 2006 but rents remain relatively steady - a good scenario for investors.
"Where in Canada can you currently buy a $50,000 property that you can turn around and rent for $1,000 a month?" says real estate broker Steve Martel of Martels Real Estate Inc. in Ottawa, who specializes in the U.S. realty market. "Those numbers are true for anywhere in the U.S. right now but they are particularly accurate for Las Vegas."
According to the most recent 2011 Standard & Poor's Case-Schiller Home Price Indices, housing prices were marginally higher (0.9 per cent) in July than June across most of the U.S. This compares with a 4.2-per-cent decline in the first quarter of 2011 in addition to the 3.6.-per-cent decline through the fourth quarter of 2010, which brought housing prices nationally back to mid-2002 levels.
"With July's data, we are seeing not only anticipated monthly increases, but also some fairly broad improvement in the annual rates of change in home prices," said David M. Blitzer, chairman of the S&P index committee, when the monthly report was released. "This is still a seasonal period of stronger demand for houses, so monthly price increases are expected and were seen in 17 of 20 cities.
The exceptions were Las Vegas and Phoenix where prices fell, while Denver was flat. We are still far from a sustained recovery. If you look at the state of the overall economy and in particular the recent large decline in consumer confidence, these combined statistics continue to indicate that the housing market is still bottoming and has not turned around."
With the continuing decline of housing prices in Las Vegas, prices were down a further 0.2 per cent in July from the month before and now are 59.3 per cent below the August 2006 peak.
This was the year that Las Vegas realtor and investor Jim Eagan of Limestone Investments LLC moved from California to Nevada.
"I made a boatload of money getting out of the real estate I had in California at the peak and got my butt kicked in Las Vegas," he says.
"Most of the stuff I purchased six years ago is worth 30 per cent less than what I purchased it at. But the cash flow of business is excellent and the typical return for my investments ranges from nine to 20 per cent."
California-based investor Bob Evans, who owns nine properties in Las Vegas and runs a website directed at investors (www.las-vegas-investors.com), says, "There's a sweet spot for entry-level homes at about $85,000."


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I'm doing a uni assignment and I'm only half way there with two days to go. Would some of you wonderful, intelligent and generous people take a look at my code, laugh at it and tell me where I'm going wrong. I'm not an OOP person and I'm new to java, so i probably shouldn't have set myself something so difficult. I'm making a web-based alarm clock using servlets, a database and jsp. I have an applet countdown clock appearing but I want to trigger a sound when the time gets to the alarm time the user has set. The alarm time is set in a session variable (as a string, but I'm sure i can recast that). A few requests:
1. What the easiest way to trigger a single event at a given time (which I'll get from the session variable)? I'll post my incomplete code, if someone wanted to propose a way forward, that would be fantastic.
2. As far as audio at the trigger goes, what's the easiest way to output audio through an applet? (I want to be able to set up a servlet that fetches several audio snippets and plays them one after the other, but for the moment, perhaps just playing a single file. Code libraries, suggestion appreciated.
3. The countdown clock I'm using is an applet developed by someone else. When the clock gets to zero, it just starts counting up again. I don't understand the code, so I was wondering if I could have a redirect at the trigger so that it takes them to a new web page with the audio/alarm applet? what do you think? Is that possible/practical?
From all of the above it should be clear that I shouldn't be attempting such a thing, but if any of you have a taste for the ridiculous, then please help me in any way you can.
Here's my code (I haven't created an alarm class with getters and setters yet, but that's my intention- or am I making this more complicated than it need be
import java.util.TimerTask; import java.util.Date; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.util.Date; public class AlarmTrigger extends TimerTask { private Alarm _myAlarm; public void Task(Alarm myAlarm) { this._myAlarm = myAlarm; } public Date formatAlarmTime(String alarmSet) { try { Date alarmtime = new Date(); DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd:mm:yyyy hh:mm:ss"); alarmtime = df.parse(alarmSet); return alarmtime; } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void schedule(TimerTask alarmtask, Date alarmtime) { TimerTask alarmtask = this.alarmtask; Date alarmtime = this.alarmtime; } }
You can see its a frankenstein-like combination of snippets I've found online, all of which I only vaguely understand.
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Friday, December 07, 2012By Barkhad Dahir
The practice of cutting and burning trees has significantly increased in the past seven years, and could eventually create an uninhabitable environment, according to Ibrahim Ali Hussein, acting director of the Flora and Fauna Department at the Ministry of Environment and Rural Development.
"When deforestation occurs in an area, erosion resulting from floods and wind removes the fertile topsoil and water flows directly over it making it unsuitable for pasture growth," Hussein told Sabahi. "This results in complete desertification, whereby animals have nothing to eat and it cannot support human life."
Many people cut down trees to turn them into charcoal for lack of better economic opportunities, said Muhiyadin Omer Jama, an environmental officer at Hargeisa-based non-profit organisation Candlelight for Health, Education and Environment. "When the drought killed off their livestock, and without another vocation, they resorted to cutting trees to earn their livelihood," he told Sabahi.
About 95% of charcoal producers are between the ages of 17 and 30, and they cut trees to make money and compensate for the loss of their livestock, according to a joint study conducted in 2004 by the Somaliland Ministry of Environment and Candlelight.
But up to half of the income generated by charcoal producers goes to qat consumption, while less than 30% goes to household needs, according to the study, which examined the impact of charcoal production on the environment and the economic patterns of rural Somaliland.
Of the charcoal brought to Hargeisa and Berbera, 65% comes from cutting down live trees. The trees are mainly burned in the Salahley, Adadley and Sabowanaag districts located to the south and southeast of the Hargeisa in the Marodi Jeh regions, the southern Sheikh district in the Sahil region, and western Odweyne district in the Togdheer region, the study found.
Exporting charcoal is uncommon in Somaliland, but areas in the eastern regions use the Puntland-administered port of Bosaso for export, Hussein said. "The exported charcoal is taken to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but we fight hard against its exportation," he said.
Eight to 10 trucks carrying up to 1,600 sacks of charcoal enter Hargeisa daily, said Ministry of Environment and Rural Developments Marodi Jeh regional co-ordinator Jama Hussein Muhumed.
When loggers ran out of dry, dead trees a few years ago, they began cutting live trees, he said. Nonetheless, domestic production has not been sufficient and charcoal is now being imported from neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia to meet market demand, he added.
The cost of charcoal is rising too. In January 2012, one sack of charcoal cost 35,000 Somaliland shillings ($5.50), but now costs 60,000 shillings ($9.30), according Sulekha Yusuf, a trader who has been selling charcoal for ten years at the Wahen Market in Hargeisa.
Solving the environmental problemDue to economic constraints, the Somaliland administration does not have the capacity to immediately halt environmentally harmful actions, Hussein said. Instead, the government is considering economic support plans and technology for coal mining.
Jama, however, said he believes such a plan is impossible at this time, and it is necessary to find other viable solutions. "It is important to hold awareness campaigns to educate people on the problems that result from cutting trees," he said.
Other solutions might be to cultivate other employment skills for charcoal producers, create alternative income streams and purchase livestock for them, he said.
Next month, Candlelight plans to distribute 500 charcoal-conserving stoves in the Togdheer region as part of its environmental preservation efforts, Jama said.
The Ministry of Environment and Rural Development also plans to address this matter in 2013, with programmes such as using sandbags to halt water runoff so pastures can recover and grow, Hussein said.


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I moved from Illinois to the Little Rock area in January 2013. I'm not a full fledged Yankee so be nice. I'm originally from Seattle, Wash. LOL. Wife and kids (Boys 4 & 6yrs) moved down in May so the boys could finish out the school year. I worked from Caterpillar in Illinois and took a job at the Caterpillar plant here in North Little Rock. I've had several friends from Arkansas while serving 21 years in the army. They had nothing but good to say. I've always thought it would be a good place to live so we went ahead and made the move. We are happy we did. We chose Cabot as our home.
I have been Geocaching since 2005. My numbers wouldn't reflect that but I have been slowly plugging away over the years. Boys are just now getting old enough to get interested. I have never placed a cache due to my constant moving while being in the military although I have three ideas for caches I would like to place. Gathering materials and writing the description as we speak.
I have never joined an association in the past. My time schedule is pretty tight so I don't have many opportunities to do much outside the family, church and work. Having said that it would be nice to meet up with some of the local cachers.
I was informed about this association by Kent Uhrich. Thanks


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WPP Sues Spot Runner
WPP Group has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing Spot Runner of operating a "pump and dump scheme."
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, alleges that Spot Runner, its directors, attorneys and venture capital backers Battery Ventures and Index Ventures improperly arranged for a secondary stock offering. WPP is seeking $13.2 million in damages.
Spot Runner denied any wrongdoing.
"This lawsuit is about WPP, a minority shareholder, wanting to sell their Spot Runner stock retroactively," the company said in an e-mailed statement. "This situation is unfortunate; we had hoped that we would have had a long relationship with WPP. We believe the claims are without merit and we will vigorously defend against them, including taking all necessary legal action to protect Spot Runner's reputation."
The suit sours an investment WPP made in the Internet-based TV platform in August 2006. WPP joined with Interpublic Group and CBS in a $40 million funding round for the Los Angeles startup, putting about $10 million into the firm.
The suit calls into question the role of advertising holding companies as strategic investors. WPP has been the most aggressive in making investments in privately held technology companies, investing in a raft of startups like mobile search company Jumptap, social media monitor Visible Technologies and rich media ad network Videoegg.
As a strategic investor, WPP's role with such companies is twofold: gain an understanding and foothold in new technologies and, secondarily, deliver financial returns. In its suit, WPP claims Spot Runner's founders took advantage of the company.
"Rather than working to make Spot Runner a successful and profitable venture, they perpetuated a 'pump and dump' scheme in which they aggressively promoted the company to new investors (often by promoting that WPP was an investor in and supporter of the company) and then sold new investors large quantities of their own secondary shares at ever-increasing valuations," the suit alleges.
WPP claims Spot Runner co-founders Nick Grouf and David Waxman and its early investors sold more than $54 million of shares in the company between the time of WPP's investment and March 2008.
These sales, according to WPP, were not discussed at meetings of the board of directors. WPP does not have a director at Spot Runner but has an observer at meetings. WPP claims it was notified of the March 2008 sale, although it did not know of the previous stock sales raising up to $40 million, and the holding company sold $900,000 of stock.
Spot Runner, which has closed funding rounds in excess of $100 million, has struggled with the deteriorating economy, going through a couple rounds of layoffs. The company is pinning its hopes on Project Malibu, a media planning and buying platform it is rolling out to bring Web-style dynamics to the old-school ad world of TV buying.
Source: Adweek.com


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With all the talk about alternative powertrains and who has the most hybrids, one statistic stands out: It's been more than five years since the second-generation Toyota Prius hit showrooms, marking the most recent new vehicle to have been designed only as a hybrid. And, as hybridcars.com reports, that's a huge challenge for Honda as it prepares to introduce its new Honda hybrid Prius-fighter. Not only does the new car need impeccable aerodynamics and the ability to seat five, but it also needs to be easily distinguished as a hybrid, yet instantly identifiable as a Honda and not a Prius.
No matter how much they claim otherwise, hybrid buyers like to wear their green credentials on their sleeves. That's the beauty of the Prius: It can scream "green" without being covered with badging like the Tahoe Hybrid. It's smugness lies in its subtlety. So how can Honda rip off the Prius design while still producing a unique design? We're not sure, but if the artist's rendering on Hybrid Cars is anything remotely like the finished product, they apparently can't. [HybridCars.com]


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Research Shows Supplementing Animal Diets with Zinc Chelate Can Offer Superior Advantages
Study results showed significantly greater zinc bioavailability for chelated zinc relative to zinc sulfate
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 9, 2015)—Zinc plays a cross-functional role in animals, impacting gene expression, DNA and protein synthesis, cell signaling, cell division and animal growth, immune development and function, synthesis of structural proteins such as collagen and keratin, bone and tissue development, reproduction and defense against oxidative stress. Zinc deficiency can negatively impact one or more of these processes. Because of its vital role, zinc is typically supplemented in all animal diets, either as inorganic trace mineral salts, like sulfates, chlorides, and oxides, and/or organic trace minerals.
"While inorganic trace minerals are relatively cheap, they suffer from poor bioavailability, or the degree to which an ingested nutrient is absorbed in a form that can be utilized in metabolism by the animal, as compared with some organic trace minerals," commented Karen Wedekind, Senior Research Scientist, Comparative Nutrition at Novus. "Poor uptake of inorganic trace minerals is mostly due to antagonisms and interactions in the animal system. An example of zinc antagonism occurs when there is an excess of calcium and/or phosphorus."
In a recent study, entitled "Greater bioavailability of chelated compared with inorganic zinc in broiler chicks in the presence or absence of elevated calcium and phosphorus," Novus International, Inc. researchers compared MINTREX® chelated zinc (Zn) with zinc sulfate in Cobb 500 broiler chicks. The chicks were fed either a Zn-deficient corn-soybean meal diet or a Zn-deficient corn-soybean meal diet containing elevated calcium and phosphorous as antagonists. Commercial diets often contain high levels of calcium and phosphorous.
The results showed significantly greater zinc bioavailability for MINTREX relative to zinc sulfate as judged by total tibia zinc, tibia zinc concentration and small intestinal metallothionein mRNA expression.
"Feeding MINTREX chelated zinc can offer advantages over inorganic zinc, especially in diets containing high levels of calcium and phosphorous, which is a common occurrence in livestock diets," added Wedekind.
The Novus research study was published in the Open Access Animal Physiology (OAAP) journal. OAAP is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal, publishing original research, reports, reviews and commentaries on all areas of animal physiology. The full study is available for download online at here. For more information on MINTREX Zn, visit www.novusint.com.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in over 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients.
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2015 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Monday, December 26, 2011
Major opera house and singers take tobacco money
Tosca trends on Twitter as a result of BBC TV's Christmas Eve screening from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. But the Royal Opera's funding from a cigarette company does not trend. As well as receiving £26 million in public funding from the Arts Council, the Royal Opera takes money from "Gold Patron" British American Tobacco. With brands including Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall, British American Tobacco is the world's second largest quoted tobacco company.
Cigarette sponsorship is alive and well in opera and an earlier post revealed that Japan Tobacco International, which is the third largest tobacco company in the world, is a corporate sponsor of Glyndebourne, the Mariinsky Theatre and Salzburg Whitsun Festival, while tobacco money also goes to the London Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestras.
Even more surprising is the number of individual singers jointly sponsored by British American Tobacco and the Friends of Covent Garden. These include bass Jimmie Holliday, soprano Aoife O' Sullivan and mezzo Doreen Curran. It may be argued that classical music needs whatever money it can find. But it can also be stated categorically that smoking is the major cause of cancers of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, pharynx, larynx, tongue, lips and salivary glands.
So we have an orchestra receiving an award for a partnership with a manufacturer of the leading cause of preventable death and we have opera singers taking money from a major purveyor of throat and larynx cancer. What exactly must happen before classical music says no to ethically compromised funding?
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- Simon said...
It's up to individuals to decide whether or not they want to smoke and increase their chance of enduring the health risks associated with it. Moreover, I highly doubt that people would be any more or less likely to smoke if such companies did not fund opera. Therefore I do not believe this is a question of ethics. The problems would start when the agendas of corporate sponsors start to influence and compromise the artistic integrity and/or choice of subject at these opera houses. As far as I'm aware this hasn't happened.
- 4:21 pm
- Pliable said...
Simon, sorry but I totally disagree.
If "it's up to individuals to decide whether or not they want to smoke and increase their chance of enduring the health risks associated with it" why has tobacco advertising and sponsorship being almost universally banned?
The reason why advertising and sponsorship of cigarettes has been banned elsewhere is that it encourages people to smoke.
British American Tobacco and Japan International Tobacco are not corporate sponsors because they want to help classical music. They are corporate sponsors because it is one of the few ways left that they can enhance their corporate image with opinion formers.
Let us not mince words - tobacco companies sell death. They have been prevented from advertising, promoting and sponsoring elsewhere, and they should be prevented from sponsoring classical music. As a commenter pointed out on a previous post, in Australia tobacco sponsorship of cultural events was banned in 1992. The UK is out of line on this one, which is what prompted me to write this series of posts.
As for "the problems would start when the agendas of corporate sponsors start to influence and compromise the artistic integrity and/or choice of subject at these opera houses" we already have British American Tobacco awarding scholarships to singers, which means they are making artistic judgements.
Then of course there is the power of corporate sponsors to stop adverse coverage appearing. Is it a coincicidence that I wrote this piece and am not on the ROH review ticket and access to artist merry go round?
- 5:03 pm
- Pliable said...
Simon, thank you for the further comment that you have submitted. Debate is welcome but circular arguments which burden posts with repeated restatements of two differing points of view must be avoided, which is one of the reasons why comments on this blog are moderated.
It is clear we are going to amicably differ on the subject of tobacco sponsorship. So, having given your viewpoint an airing, I am going to end this particular line of debate while leaving the thread open for others to contribute.
- 8:26 am
- laybl said...
he issue of accepting money from "poisonous" sponsors is a tricky one. For example, Elie Wiesel, backed out of a seminar financed by Bayer, explaining that he had toiled as a slave for that corporation in a Nazi prison camp.
Similarly, the Nobel prizes are awarded by the maker of dynamite. If one scans the benefactor lists for cultural institutions, we find companies engaged in all manner of invidious enterprises, from chemical poisons to weapons of war.
I never smoked, but I drank Jack Daniel's, knowing, in retrospect, that it was harmful to my health...at 75,and after a double bypass, I continue to eat meat, love bacon, and remain determined, as S.J. Perelman once wrote, "...to go to Hell in my own fashion...", while working strenuously in our garden.
I pray to be saved from well-intentioned busybodies.
- 4:42 pm
- Pliable said...
Thanks for that Laybl. I have been called many things over the last seven years of blogging and am quite happy to add "well intentioned busybody" to the list.
- 5:48 pm
- Pliable said...
Tobacco display ban reminder for supermarkets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16342906
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Federally Mandated Training, is defined on the Standard Form (SF) 182 (Authorization, Agreement and Certification of Training) as "mandatory training for all employees Governmentwide," or in some cases, groups of employees across Federal agencies and departments.
Listed below are two types of Federally Mandated training:
Many agencies have their own required training. However unlike Federally mandated training, this type of training is not mandated by Federal statute for all Federal employees. Agency Required Training as defined on the SF 182 is "required by the agency and provided to Federal employees to achieve the goals and objectives of the Agency as needed." Employees should contact their agency human resource office to determine which training is required for their particular agency.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission developed an online course designed to education its employees on the No Fear Act. Here is the source code and the EHRI data fields. You must download the zip files to your computer before you can upload the code to your LMS. The first version was designed to be run within an LMS. The second version ("mock API") was designed to run as a stand-alone course, such as on a CD.
Ethics Awareness
Legal Citation: 5 CFR 2638.705
Frequency: Annually
Agencies must also provide new employees with a minimum of one hour of duty time to either review the ethics materials stated in 5 CFR 2638.703 or receive ethics training, within 90 days of their entrance on duty. In addition, agencies are required to provide annual ethics training to employees identified in the regulation, such as political appointees and contracting officers. For more information on ethics awareness, go to http://www.usoge.gov/
IT Security Awareness
Legal Citation:
Public Law 100-235
Frequency: Annually
Agencies are required to develop a plan for Federal information systems security awareness and training. Agencies must also provide initial, continuing, and refresher training at the awareness level, policy level, implementation level and performance level for executives, program and functional managers, information resources managers, security and audit personnel, automated data processing management, operations, and programming staff, and end users. The importance of computer security to the agency, employees' role and responsibility in computer security, and basic agency computer security policies and procedures is a part of the periodic computer security training required by the Computer Security Act of 1987.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Legal Citation: 29 CFR 1614.102(a)(4)
Frequency: On a continuous basis
Agencies are required to communicate (e.g. through training) to their employees their equal employment opportunity policy and programs. For more information on EEO training, go to http://www.eeoc.gov/
Legal Citation: Section 111 of Title I, Division J, of the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-447)
Frequency: Upon entry for new employees and on September 17th of each year for all employees.
Agencies are required to provide new agency employees with education and training materials concerning the United States Constitution and provide, annually, education and training materials to all employees (Section 111 of Title I, Division J, of the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-447), enacted into law on December 8, 2004). These agencies below have shared their online courses to help other agencies meet this requirement: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
Note: Employees are not required to take Constitution Day training. Agencies are required annually to provide materials on the Constitution to all employees.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS): This online course is designed to educate DHS employees on the U.S. Constitution. Here are the EHRI data fields to include in your LMS.
Department of Defense: The Department of Defense (DoD) developed a website and online course on the U.S. Constitution to assist DoD employees learn about the Constitution. The website contains the course, videos from Supreme Court Justices, and other Constitution and Citizenship resources. Federal employees and the general public may view the website and take the course.
Performance Management
Legal Citation: 5 CFR 430.209(c)
Frequency: There is no time-frame specified, however, it is recommended agencies communicate the features and results of agency performance management system annually to employees and their supervisors.
Agencies are required to communicate (e.g. through formal training) the relevant parts of their performance appraisal system.
Occupational Health and Safety
Legal Citation: 29 CFR 1960.59(a)
Frequency: There is no time frame specified.
Agencies are required to provide appropriate health and safety training to employees, including specialized job safety and health training appropriate to work performed by the employee. Training should inform employees of the agency's health and safety programs. For more information on occupational health and safety training, go to http://www.osha.gov/dte/index.html.
Plain Writing Act
Legal Citation: Public Law 111-274
Frequency: The deadline for implementing training to agency employees was July 13, 2011, but there is no other specified time frame for this training.
Agencies are required to provide training in plain writing to agency employees. Agencies should design a plan to determine which employees would benefit the most from this training, and provide training to new employees. Senior officials are responsible for overseeing their agency's implementation of this training to employees, and establish a process for the agency to oversee its ongoing compliance with the Act's requirements. For more information on plain language training, go to http://www.plainlanguage.gov/index.cfm.
The Social Security Administration developed a course consisting of Videos on Demand to meet this requirement. The course consists of a short video. Below are links to two formats to the video; the first is a Windows Media version that you can watch on your personal computer, the second is a Flash version that you can use to embed on a website (similar to videos on YouTube). Both versions include closed captioning. You must download the zip files to your computer before uploading to your agency's LMS.
The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), offers free half-day plain language training classes for federal agencies, as well as classes on writing for the web. All of the classes are based on the Federal Plain Language Guidelines and involve interactive writing exercises. Agencies are encouraged to contact PLAIN to set up classes; they like to see 20-35 students per class. See: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/take_training/freetraining.cfm
The Department of the Army training module, aimed at "Action Officers"... "Action officers shape information and submit recommendations to senior decision makers, that when approved become decisions. To do this successfully, action officers must be proficient writers; they author documents that often have impact Army-wide." Self-paced instruction consists of 11 lessons and 5 appendices that cover staff processes and communication skills, including writing. Enrollment is available to all federal employees and members of the armed forces.http://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/take_training/actionoff.pdf
The National Institutes of Health offers a free plain language internet-based training that introduces you to the basics of plain language. It's not just for medical folks. The goal of this training is to help you learn to organize your ideas, use a clear writing style, and become a more effective communicator.http://plainlanguage.nih.gov/CBTs/PlainLanguage/login.asp
The Federal Plain Language Guidelines, which the Department of Justice will be adopting as its guide, can be found here: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/guidelines/bigdoc/fullbigdoc.pdf
Note: Employees may fall under more than one of the groups listed below.
For Supervisors, Managers, and Executives:
On September 12, 2006, OPM released a Guidelines for Managerial Development Memorandum to ensure the ongoing leadership capacity of the Federal workforce, and assist agencies in meeting several managerial development objectives focused on Governmentwide leadership. 5 CFR 412 requires agencies to systematically develop executives, managers, supervisors, and candidates for these positions. Agency programs must provide for: Initial training for incumbents based on the results of needs assessments, Continuing learning experiences, so that the individual may achieve the mastery level of proficiency for his or her current management level and position, and Systematic development of candidates for higher management levels, including any OPM-approved formal SESCDPs.
For Veterans:
For Government Contractors:
(5 CFR 930.301(1)), time frame is specific to training type)
If contractors use Government computers, they must complete agency-sponsored IT Security Awareness training. Other Federally mandated training courses are voluntary for contractors unless there is language in their contracts that requires them to complete these courses.
For Individuals with Disabilities:
(E.O. 13548, No time-frame specified)
OPM's "A Roadmap to Success: Hiring, Retaining, and Including People with Disabilities" course: This course provides Federal employees with some basic resources and strategies to successfully hire, retain, and advance employees with disabilities. This course will benefit all Federal employees. The training should be considered a requirement for HR personnel and hiring managers.
This course is available for free on HRU - http://www.hru.gov/Course_Catalog.aspx?cid=195&mgr=false
Agencies may upload the course files onto their LMS. Please contact OPM's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, at firstname.lastname@example.com for instructions on how to upload the course files. The course is in SCORM 1.2.
Course files for OPM's Roadmap to Success
EHRI Data Fields
For Teleworking Employees:
(Public Law 111-292), must be completed prior to signing a telework agreement)
The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requires agencies to provide interactive telework training to eligible employees and their managers and requires employees to complete the training prior to signing a telework agreement. To meet this requirement, OPM developed training modules available on HR University and on OPM's WorkLife Flexibility webpage.
Looking for more information on Federally Mandated Training? Check out HR University at www.hru.gov.
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- Do schools close too quickly for weather?
Now videocast online.
Peter Sheras:""I'm from Chicago originally, so I'm used to cold weather, and our schools never closed. But, then again, we didn't have transportation issues. I think the reason to close the schools sometimes is buses. We don't think, in the city, what it's like farther out for the bus drivers. So you have to protect the kids. That's the foremost duty. Having said all that, I still think we tend to close too early before we see what's really going to happen.""
Jack McMillan:"It's better to be safe on that end, which is always interesting, because when it goes two days in a row, pretty soon you'll be going to school that third day even though it's just like the day before. There's maybe a make-up thing there, but maybe they're aware with the safety factors involved."
Steve Murphy:"I used to say, 'Save me,' but now I say, 'Save the children,' and I wish they would do it at work– close all the time."


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JACKSONVILLE, FL (WJXT/CNN) - A neighborhood is in shock and pain after a tragedy.
Jayden James Piedra, a 2-year-old boy, died over the weekend after family members said the boy accidentally shot himself.
His mother is taking the news hard, according to the family.
Police have confirmed the child died and there are no outstanding suspects.
"One thing I could say is she loves her kids. That's all she got. She doesn't have any family down here. Her kids, she goes beyond and overboard for Jayden. ... He was like her heart," said Leeadriea Farmer, a friend of the family.
Jayden reportedly grabbed someone's gun inside an apartment. His mother was visiting a friend.
Police said they don't have any wanted suspects, and they're interviewing those involved.
"I'm hurt. I'm in shock. There's really no explanation on how I can describe what I'm feeling. I'm torn right now because we are all she has. We are all her kids have," said Toni Baber, the child's godmother.
As the family waits anxiously for answers about what happened, police warned parents to keep guns secured.
Florida law requires gun owners to make sure their guns are secure.
Police said they must do one of the following; Keep the gun in a securely locked box or container, keep the firearm in a location which a reasonable person would believe to be secure, or secure the gun with a trigger lock.
Copyright 2019 WJXT via CNN. All rights reserved. Gray Television Group contributed to this report.


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Notable Quotables: 2011
As 2012 gets under way, the people and topics in last year's Catholic news.
"The idea of abortions being paid for by federal funds does not play well with the American people."
— Mary Spaulding Balch, the National Right to Life Committee's state legislation coordinator, on government-funded abortion.
"We are going through a crisis of Catholic identity both in terms of individuals who claim to be Catholic, but neither talking nor acting in accordance with Church teachings, and in terms of institutions such as universities and health-care organizations."
— Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, following his decision that St. Joseph's Hospital can no longer be considered Catholic.
"Being sure that the Church's voice is heard clearly and accurately has always been the core of EWTN's mission. Continuing the tradition of the Register gives us another means to carry out our mission of service to the Church."
— Michael Warsaw, the network's president and chief executive officer, about the sale of the Register to EWTN.
"He encouraged me in my work and in my career. He modeled for me what it means to be a lawyer and a Christian. He was, really, a modern-day St. Thomas More."
— Matthew Bowman, former law clerk of Judge John Roll, remembering his former boss who died Jan. 8 in the Tucson tragedy.
"Solid marriages and families are essential to a thriving society." — Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, a champion for God's definition of marriage.
"The important series of articles on the theology of the body in these pages is an effort to show the pastoral effectiveness that is within the Holy Father's rich catechesis. The theology of the body is not over our heads. It is deep in our hearts."
— Cardinal Justin Rigali introduces "Theology of the Body: A Register Symposium."
"We kept saying to each other, 'It'll be all right; it'll be all right,'" said Kazuki Kikuchi, with emotion in her voice, about living through the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
"I felt that, with Josemaria's life, what I was looking at was a series of choices. And if you imagine those like beads on a necklace, you could say that after many choices have been made, this man was a saint. But it was each individual act that counts."
— Filmmaker Roland Joffé in an interview about There Be Dragons.
"By his teaching and his manner of life, he made the Christian proposal interesting and compelling in a world that imagined it had outgrown the 'need' for religious faith."
— Papal biographer George Weigel on the Christian witness of John Paul II.
"We are a believing society. The overwhelming majority of Americans have a personal faith in God. Religion is an important part of our life, but it's less and less seen as an integral part of our public life. There's a push to relegate religious faith to the private realm alone."
— Chicago's Cardinal Francis George
"The thing I am most happy that I did was pray hard for what God wanted."
— Father Michael Scanlan on his long legacy at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
"As we began to think about certain matters, our hearts began to melt, and we moved towards Rome."
— Father Mark Lewis, rector of a church that was formerly St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bladensburg, Md.
"As the Pope's representative here, Archbishop Sambi put a face on that presence that was happy, cheerful and welcoming. We saw that same warm spirit during the Pope's visit, and after the Holy Father's departure, his caring presence remained in the person of Archbishop Sambi."
— Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, about the late U.S. papal nuncio, Archbishop Pietro Sambi.
"Jesus Christ shows you the way and the aim of real happiness. Not only to you, but also to your fellow friends. … Jesus is asking you to put down roots in the hearts of young people of the third millennium."
— Cardinal Antonio Ruoco speaks to youth in his homily at the opening Mass of World Youth Day on Aug. 16.
"It was a time of great tragedy, but also of great heroes. New York and the world saw examples of self-sacrifice that I don't think have ever been matched in our time. … We saw heroism and self-sacrifice — expressions of great holiness."
— Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York, about 9/11 tragedy, 10 years later.
"This visit has demonstrated that the Christian belief is something which relates to today's society, and this was evident in some of the speeches of the Holy Father, in the people he met, and overall in the emotional presence of the flock."
— Jesuit Father Hans Langendorfer, chief coordinator of the Pope's visit to Germany.
"What is happening in our culture is that organized religion is being marginalized. … We have to struggle. The Church and its institutions are mediating structures between the power of the state and the individual. Religious freedom is vital to our culture."
— Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., the head of the new bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty.
"We look to the state not to impose religion, but to guarantee religious freedom and to promote harmony among followers of different religions."
— Bishop William Lori in his testimony before Congress.
"Our world would often have us believe that culture is light years ahead of a languishing, moribund Church. But, of course, we realize the opposite case: The Church invites the world to a fresh, original place, not a musty or outdated one. It is always a risk for the world to hear the Church, for she dares the world to 'cast out to the deep.'"
— Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the bishops' conference, in his opening address at USCCB fall meeting.
John Paul II "helped believers throughout the world not to be afraid to be called Christian, to belong to the Church, to speak of the Gospel."
— Pope Benedict XVI at beatification Mass for John Paul II.
We "prepare our hearts and our lives for the coming of Emmanuel, God-with-us."
— Pope Benedict XVI in an Advent Angelus address
"Christ is risen; he is alive, and he walks with us. For this reason we sing and we journey on, faithfully carrying out our task in this world with our gaze fixed on heaven."
— Pope Benedict XVI's Easter message.
"The 'door of faith' is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace."
— Pope Benedict in declaring a 'Year of Faith' for 2012
"If a bishop experiences the fatherhood within his own vocation and office, he will not only demand what Christ calls from all of us, but live that call himself."
— Archbishop Charles Chaput on the need for a bishop to take a firm stand against abuse for the good of his flock.
"Philadelphia is one of America's truly great cities, rich in history and achievement, with an extraordinary community of Catholic faith that goes back to saints like John Neumann and Katharine Drexel. I don't know why the Holy Father sent me here, but I do trust his heart, and I do believe in his judgment."
— Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver about his appointment as the new archbishop of Philadelphia by Pope Benedict on July 19.
"Mary didn't expect the Annunciation. She didn't expect to be mother of the Redeemer. And yet her act of obedience changed the course of history and led to a new covenant of love and fruitfulness. I have no illusions of being worthy of this ministry, but I do trust in the wisdom of the Holy Father. So I'm deeply grateful for his confidence and the privilege of serving this Church."
— Archbishop Charles Chaput in his homily at his installation Mass as archbishop of Philadelphia.


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Free Databases
there are millions on the web
One way to search for a book in a library is to go to that library's web site and use the book catalog's search feature.
The information stored in the library's book catalog (a database) is free, but the search engine cannot go deep enough to crawl it.
The book catalog is part of the free deep web: it's out there for anyone to look at. You can get to it, but search engines can't.